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Title | Date added | Template | Original document | Paragraph text | Body | Document type | Thematics | Topic(s) | Person(s) affected | Year |
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Right to work, para. 24 | Sep 17, 2019 | Paragraph | 9. Underscores the equal right of men and women to the enjoyment of all human rights, including the right to work, and that equal access to work is pivotal to the full enjoyment of all human rights by women, while recognizing that women are on many occasions subject to discrimination in the context of realizing their rights in that regard on an equal basis with men and are disproportionately exposed to the most precarious working conditions, including work in the informal economy, limited or no legal protection, lower levels of representation in leadership and decision-making positions, lower levels of remuneration and involuntary temporary and part-time employment, and are disproportionately burdened with unpaid care and domestic work within the household and the family, which may constitute on many occasions a barrier to women’s greater | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2018 | ||
Protection of the family: contribution of the family to the realization of the right to an adequate standard of living for its members, particularly through its role in poverty eradication and achieving sustainable development 2015, para. 20h | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Urges States, in accordance with their respective obligations under international human rights law, to provide the family, as the natural and fundamental group unit of society, with effective protection and assistance, and encourages States in this regard to take, as appropriate and to the maximum of their available resources, measures including:] Providing and promoting the means to facilitate compatibility between labour force participation and parental responsibilities, especially for single-parent households with young children, and paying special attention to the needs of widows and orphans through means including health insurance and social security, cash and in-kind transfer programmes, day-care centres and facilities for breastfeeding mothers within the work premises, kindergartens, part-time jobs, paid parental leave, paid maternity leave, flexible work schedules and reproductive and child health-care services; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2015 | ||
Women in development 2001, para. 16 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls upon Governments to promote, inter alia, through legislation, family-friendly and gender-sensitive work environments and also to promote the facilitation of breastfeeding for working mothers as well as the provision of the necessary care for working women's children and other dependants; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2001 | ||
Violence against women migrant workers 1997, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Encourages Member States to consider signing and ratifying or acceding to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, as well as the Slavery Convention of 1926; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 1997 | ||
Violence against women migrant workers 1996, para. 7 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Encourages Member States to consider signing and ratifying or acceding to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, as well as the Slavery Convention of 1926; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 1996 | ||
Violence against women migrant workers 1995, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Encourages Member States to consider signing and ratifying or acceding to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, as well as the Slavery Convention of 1926; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 1995 | ||
Violence against women migrant workers 2017, para. 3 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Invites Member States to consider ratifying relevant International Labour Organization conventions, including the Migration for Employment Convention (Revised), 1949 (No. 97), the Migrant Workers (Supplementary Provisions) Convention, 1975 (No. 143), the Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997 (No. 181) and the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189), and to consider signing and ratifying or acceding to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, as well as all other human rights treaties that contribute to the protection of the rights of women migrant workers, calls upon States parties to comply with their relevant obligations under international law, and encourages Member States to implement the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2017 | ||
Promotion of the right of migrants to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health 2014, para. 2 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls upon States that have not yet done so to consider signing and ratifying or acceding to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families as a matter of priority, and requests the Secretary-General to continue his efforts to promote and raise awareness of the Convention; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2014 | ||
Protection of the family: role of the family in supporting the protection and promotion of human rights of older persons 2017, para. 11 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Stresses that equality between women and men, and equal participation of women in employment, public life and decision-making, as well as shared parental and household responsibilities, are essential elements of family policies; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2017 | ||
Protection of the family: role of the family in supporting the protection and promotion of human rights of persons with disabilities 2016, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Stresses that equality between women and men, and equal participation of women in employment, public life and decision-making, as well as shared parental and household responsibilities, are essential elements of family policies; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2016 | ||
Violence against women migrant workers 2004, para. 7 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Encourages States to consider signing and ratifying or acceding to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families, the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its two additional protocols, the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, and the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children, as well as the Slavery Convention of 1926; | United Nations Commission on Human Rights | Resolution |
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| 2004 | ||
Violence against women migrant workers 2002, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Encourages States to consider signing and ratifying or acceding to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its two additional protocols, the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air and the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, as well as the Slavery Convention of 1926; | United Nations Commission on Human Rights | Resolution |
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| 2002 | ||
Protection of the human rights of migrants: the global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration 2017, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls upon States that have not yet done so to consider signing and ratifying or acceding to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families as a matter of priority, and requests the Secretary- General to continue his efforts to promote and raise awareness of the Convention; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2017 | ||
Violence against women migrant workers 1998, para. 8 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Encourages Member States to consider ratifying and complying with International Labour Organization conventions and to consider signing and ratifying or acceding to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families; | Commission on the Status of Women | Resolution |
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| 1998 | ||
Promotion and protection of the human rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas 2014, para. 7 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Welcoming General Assembly resolution 66/222 of 22 December 2011, in which the Assembly declared 2014 the International Year of Family Farming, | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2014 | ||
Rights of the child 2016, para. 50 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Encourages States that have not done so to consider signing and ratifying or acceding to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, and requests the Secretary-General to continue his efforts to promote and raise awareness of the Convention; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2016 | ||
Preparations for and observance of the twentieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family 2013, para. 4 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Noting also the importance of designing, implementing and monitoring family-oriented policies, especially in the areas of poverty eradication, full employment and decent work, work-family balance, social integration and intergenerational solidarity, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2013 | ||
The rights of the child 2008, para. 74f | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Also calls upon all States:] To promote policies and legislation aimed at addressing national priorities relating to the prevention and eradication of child labour through family-centred components of policies and programmes as part of an integrated comprehensive approach to development, bearing in mind equality between women and men; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2008 | ||
Women in development 2007, para. 17 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls upon Governments to promote, inter alia, through legislation and family-friendly and gender-sensitive work environments, the facilitation of breastfeeding for working mothers and the provision of the necessary care for working women's children and other dependants and to consider promoting policies and programmes, as appropriate, to enable men and women to reconcile their work, social and family responsibilities; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2007 | ||
Women in development 2005, para. 21 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Also calls upon Governments to promote, inter alia, through legislation and family-friendly and gender-sensitive work environments, the facilitation of breastfeeding for working mothers and the provision of the necessary care for working women's children and other dependants and to consider promoting policies and programmes, as appropriate, to enable men and women to reconcile their work, social and family responsibilities; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2005 | ||
Violence against women migrant workers 2005, para. 15 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Encourages Member States to consider signing and ratifying or acceding to relevant International Labour Organization conventions and to consider signing and ratifying or acceding to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, as well as all human rights treaties that contribute to the protection of the rights of women migrant workers; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2005 | ||
Women in development 2003, para. 19 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls upon Governments to promote, inter alia, through legislation, family-friendly and gender-sensitive work environments, the facilitation of breastfeeding for working mothers and the provision of the necessary care for working women's children and other dependants and to consider promoting policies and programmes, as appropriate, to enable men and women to reconcile their work, social and family responsibilities; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2003 | ||
Women in development 2009, para. 28 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Calls upon Governments to promote, inter alia, through legislation and family-friendly and gender-sensitive work environments, the facilitation of breastfeeding for working mothers and the provision of the necessary care for working women's children and other dependants and to consider promoting policies and programmes, as appropriate, to enable men and women to reconcile their work, social and family responsibilities; | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2009 | ||
Advancement of women and the family 1992, para. 1h | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Recommends to the Commission on Social Development that the following elements be taken into account at its thirty-third session when preparing for the 1994 International Year of the Family:] (h) That, bearing in mind the needs of workers with family responsibilities, Governments and other appropriate bodies should introduce appropriate measures to assist the reconciliation between family and working responsibilities, whether paid or unpaid; | Commission on the Status of Women | Resolution |
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| 1992 | ||
Protection of the family: contribution of the family to the realization of the right to an adequate standard of living for its members, particularly through its role in poverty eradication and achieving sustainable development 2015, para. 20g | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Urges States, in accordance with their respective obligations under international human rights law, to provide the family, as the natural and fundamental group unit of society, with effective protection and assistance, and encourages States in this regard to take, as appropriate and to the maximum of their available resources, measures including:] Working towards reducing poverty by, inter alia, granting assistance to families in difficult life situations and increasing the earning power of all adult members of economically deprived families; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2015 | ||
Violence against women migrant workers 2017, para. 21 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Recognizing further the contribution of women migrant workers to the development of their families, inter alia, through the delivery of remittances, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2017 | ||
Violence against women migrant workers 2017, para. 15 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Taking note with appreciation of the adoption by the International Labour Conference on 16 June 2011, at its 100th session, of the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189) and of the Domestic Workers Recommendation, 2011 (No. 201), and the entry into force of the Convention on 5 September 2013, and inviting States to consider ratifying it, encouraging States parties to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women to take note of and consider general recommendation No. 26 (2008) on women migrant workers, adopted by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women in November 2008, and encouraging States parties to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families to take note of and consider general comment No. 1 on migrant domestic workers, adopted by the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families in December 2010, acknowledging that they are complementary and mutually reinforcing, | United Nations General Assembly | Resolution |
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| 2017 | ||
Protection of the family: contribution of the family to the realization of the right to an adequate standard of living for its members, particularly through its role in poverty eradication and achieving sustainable development 2015, para. 20c | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Urges States, in accordance with their respective obligations under international human rights law, to provide the family, as the natural and fundamental group unit of society, with effective protection and assistance, and encourages States in this regard to take, as appropriate and to the maximum of their available resources, measures including:] Analysing policies and programmes, including those relating to macroeconomic stability, structural adjustment programmes, taxation, investments, employment, markets and all relevant sectors of the economy with respect to their impact on family well-being and conditions; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2015 | ||
Protection of the family: contribution of the family to the realization of the right to an adequate standard of living for its members, particularly through its role in poverty eradication and achieving sustainable development 2015, para. 20b | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | [Urges States, in accordance with their respective obligations under international human rights law, to provide the family, as the natural and fundamental group unit of society, with effective protection and assistance, and encourages States in this regard to take, as appropriate and to the maximum of their available resources, measures including:] Designing, implementing and promoting family-sensitive policies in the field of housing, work, health, social security and education in order to create an environment supportive of the family, including affordable, accessible and quality care services for children and other dependants, parental and other leave schemes, campaigns to sensitize public opinion and other relevant actors on equal sharing of employment and family responsibilities between women and men; | United Nations Human Rights Council | Resolution |
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| 2015 | ||
Violence against women migrant workers 2000, para. 6 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Encourages States to consider signing and ratifying or acceding to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, as well as the Slavery Convention of 1926; | United Nations Commission on Human Rights | Resolution |
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| 2000 |